Search crews spent a day looking before locating the Kalaheo man along the shoreline at Nomilu Fishpond.

Good Samaritans pulled the man from a Ko Olina lagoon and began CPR before paramedics arrived. He's the third swimmer in critical condition or dead there since late August.

Queen Kaʻahumanu Center hosts its first FANCON on Saturday, with free bingo, cosplay, and D&D staged right where old retail shops used to be.

Kaumālapaʻu Harbor, Lānaʻi's sole lifeline for food and fuel, went inoperable Tuesday morning as Hurricane Lowell's swells pounded the coast.

State regulators cleared the ʻAiea Hālawa Shaft to rejoin Pearl Harbor's water system, ending nearly five years of relying on a single well for 93,000 users.

An elderly man went unresponsive on a catamaran tour near Ko Olina Marina, the area's second fatal snorkeling incident this month.

A Kaimuki shooting sparked by an ex-girlfriend dispute left a man critically injured in 2024. Jurors cleared Jeremyal Leedy of murder but convicted him on gun and assault counts.

A 7-0 committee vote pushes three planned Waiʻōhuli wells toward a full Council decision, aimed at unlocking over 1,000 stalled homestead lots.

A Maui County committee voted 7-1 to tighten license plate reader rules, but shelved a facial recognition bill after two and a half hours of pushback.

Gusty trades, 10-foot surf and a stormier holiday weekend are on tap for Honolulu as Hurricane Lowell passes south.

Hua Momona Foundation is handing West Maui renters and homeowners zero-cost rain barrels, soil, and a four-week training course.

Scattered showers and gusty trade winds are moving through Honolulu, with stronger winds and rough seas ahead.

Honolulu starts warm and mostly clear Tuesday, but stronger winds and passing showers are ahead through Friday as Hurricane Lowell moves south of Hawaii.